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This is the epic of the upgrade for the Virtual I/O server (VIOS) from version 1.4 to version 2.2. It's not a pleasant read, so if you're of a weak stomach, just skip the whole blog post, but note two things when it comes to VIOS and firmware upgrades: Always read the README Consider a fresh install of the VIOS The Epic Begins
Much as we'd like all our systems to be running
the newest and latest of everything, most of us are not so lucky.
There are still some very old environments out there, running on old
hardware. I suppose it's a... [More]

PREVENTING SPOF ATTACKS When you
think about it, our first job is to keep our systems up and running. Or
at least walking, crawling, even staggering. But keep them up we must. The mail
must get through, the system must stay up. We build redundancy at all
sorts of levels into our systems because we want to avoid that dreaded disease known as SPOF - the Single Point of Failure. Outages
are expensive Unscheduled outages bring your computer
system to its knees. They can have similar effects on your nervous
system. There is the... [More]